The role of off-farm employment in the rural energy consumption transition - A village-level analysis in Jiangxi Province, China

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 350-359

  SHI, Xiaoping ^a   HEERINK, Nico ^a,b   QU, Futian ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CGE model; Energy consumption; Off farm employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349223617     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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